New 16 ga Sterlingworth

mc15426378 · Post by **mc15426378** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:10 pm

I have added pictures in the Sterlingworth forum of a new purchase. Thanks to my friend who agreed to part with this great gun.

Mike

vaturkey · Post by **vaturkey** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:34 am

I have 372989 in pretty much the same configuration. Had the chokes opened up years ago to .005 and .015 by Keith Kearcher. Just happened to take it out yesterday for a preserve hunt in Inwood WV. It accounted for its share of pheasants put up in front of me and my buddies by two springers and my aging golden. I think the 28" swings better for me personally, although I do have a soft spot in my heart for 26" SW when I'm in Maine and shooting at woodcock that are 15 yards away.

mc15426378 · Post by **mc15426378** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:16 pm

Vaturkey, have you gotten a letter on your gun?

Mike

Researcher · Post by **Researcher** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:52 pm

Nice 16-gauge Sterlingworth. Is it an ejector gun? Would you guys mind emailing me complete serial numbers and info on your guns? So far I have only recorded one 16-gauge Sterlingworth with a single trigger and that gun, 372995, a Savage-era gun had the single non-selective trigger that was only catalogued from mid-1932 thru 1934.

david.noreen@comcast.net

vaturkey · Post by **vaturkey** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:31 pm

mc15426378 wrote:Vaturkey, have you gotten a letter on your gun?

Mike

Haven't gotten letters on my SW's (I have three). I have gotten a letter on my A grade 16 s/n 300033 (yes the 33rd 16 gauge ever made). That gun left the factory with 26" IC/Mod barrels, 14 1/8" LOP and 2 1/2" DAH. Weight was a robust (just kidding 5 lb 10 oz). Mr. Callahans letter said was shipped on 1 Oct 1913 to Goshorn Hardware Co. It however was returned to the factory and resold on 17 Nov 1913 to Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co. located in Boston, Ma.

I purchased her several years ago at a small dealership located in Front Royal Va, were she was thought to be a SW 16, I believe because she had the early snap on type forearm.

PS. She is my go to gun for Maine Woodcock. Almost too light for hunting where you might want a sustained lead in shooting. However she is awesome on woodcock.

Hey, decided to add the following. This is my 20 gauge SW with the better part of a Virginia limit from Sept 07. That's my Golden's nose in the picture.

FRBRIT · Post by **FRBRIT** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:39 pm

vaturkey
Do you by chance have a picture of your A Grade 16 forearm that shows the checkering pattern. I own a C-16ga that is only 28 guns later than yours with the snap off forearm. It has a pattern that I haven't found before. I'm just curious to see another graded gun of the same vintage.

Thanks,
Paul

FOXIST · Post by **FOXIST** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:27 pm

mc15426378 That is a very nice 16 bore Sterlingworth. You just dont see many early philly sterly's with kautsky triggers because it cost almost three quarters the price of a sterlingworth, add ejectors and the sum of the options was greater than the price of a standard sterlingworth. Paul

vaturkey · Post by **vaturkey** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:37 pm

FRBRIT wrote:vaturkey
Do you by chance have a picture of your A Grade 16 forearm that shows the checkering pattern. I own a C-16ga that is only 28 guns later than yours with the snap off forearm. It has a pattern that I haven't found before. I'm just curious to see another graded gun of the same vintage.

Thanks,
Paul

Don't have a picture of just the forearm, but I'll certainly be glad to take one and post it in the next few days.

Fox Collectors

New 16 ga Sterlingworth

New 16 ga Sterlingworth

Sweet looking gun 16

Not now but I will.